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The way is an ill neighbour.
The way is an ill neighbour.
No lock will hold against the power of gold.
No lock will hold against the power of gold.
For night owls shriek where mounting larks should sing.
For night owls shriek where mounting larks should sing.
O let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks!
O let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks!
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.
'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.
Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.
Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.
Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands.
Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands.
Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.
Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.
